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Messages
Templates
A template is a predefined message containing one or more slides. It may be modified by the user to quickly
produce an attractive message. The Blank template is the default – in this case, nothing is pre-selected and
the user may create slides as required.
The P900 comes with a number of pre-defined templates, all of which have sound and an animated image
(GIF format, 160 x 120 pixels). These and other useful content pre-loaded by Sony Ericsson are described in
Personalization and Customization
Smart templates are also provided that will automatically launch the appropriate applications needed for
each part of the MMS.
Users may store a favourite message as a template. User installed and ordinary pre-defined templates can
be deleted. Smart templates may however not be deleted as they are used to provide QuickShare
functionality.
Notification and download
When the user has an incoming multimedia messages she will receive a notification, in the same way as for
text messages. The user can specify if and when she wishes to download the actual message. The following
alternatives are available:
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On – always download the message automatically.
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Home only – messages are downloaded automatically only when connected to the home network.
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Off – messages have to be downloaded manually.
Also, additional restrictions can be placed on downloads:
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Message size – either no restriction, or smaller than a specified file size.
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Exclude Message classes – option to block Advertisements, and/or Information messages.
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Exclude Anonymous sender – option to exclude messages from senders not listed in Contacts, or
where sender information has been hidden.
Interoperability and Conformance
The P900 is fully conformant with OMA Multimedia Messaging Service version 1.1. However, it has much
greater capabilities than those specified in the conformance document. The user may therefore choose for
an alert to be shown if a message exceeds the specifications. The setting is called 'Content alert' and may
be found in Control Panel, Messaging accounts, MMS, Advanced. Content alert is useful when sending
messages to smaller less capable MMS phones.
When Content Alert is active, images that are bigger than the standard, and messages that exceed the
message size limit, will cause warnings to occur. When non-conformant messages are received, they will be
displayed within the capability of the SMIL player.
If a 10 second audio clip is added, the slide duration
automatically increases to match. The user may
reduce the duration of the audio, and the page time
will reduce accordingly. The audio will be truncated
after the newly set duration.
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